With its history, sea, cultural assets and high quality tourism facilities, Antalya is known as the capital of Tutkish tourism. With Belek, Kemer, Side-Manavgat, Alanya, Lara-Kunda, and Kaş tourism centers, Antalya hosts more than 10 million foreign quests every year. Along with a cultural heritage deeply rooted in history,
Antalya’s coves and highlands of unique beauty, pristine beaches, comfortable hotels and marinas, colourful entertainment venues, and art-filled festivals all make it a tourist destination that offers endless possibilities to its guests.
These include the pleasure of sunbathing from sunrise to sunset; the natural thrill of outdoor sports in the grip of mother nature; the excitement of discovering national parks with their rich flora and fauna, ancient cities, museums and Kaleiçi; the mystery of the mountains and the peaceful Mediterranean coves drawing you away; the romance of watching an opera outdoors under the stars at night; sampling the unique delicacies of Turkish cuisine and enjoying the party scene. Meeting the hospitable people of Antalya is just another part of the pleasant holiday experience.
Hadrian’s Gate, built in the honor of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited Antalya in the year 130.
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It is Turkey’s biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera.
A view of Antalya’s coastline.
In 2011 the city had a population of 964,886 and the metropolitan municipality 1,041,972. Antalya was the world’s fourth most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, with 10.5 million annual visitors. Most of these tourists were changing planes or moving between the airport and the cruise lines.
Scene around Kaleici. The old city center in Antalya
Antalya,
Beautiful beach quite pebbly making it difficult for access by wheelchair however they do have paths leading down xx lovely location and watching the boats in the sea was lovely nearby harbour beautiful x
Just a few footsteps from the old town, there are loads of ferries offering a 1-2 hours ride along the coastline but it's quite expensive. Loads of restaurants along the harbour. Shops in the old town are not of the best quality I reckon you will get the same piece in the old bazaar which is on the other side…
I lived in this part of Antalya for one and a half month, and it was amazing. Kaleici means inside a castle, and that's just what this lively part of Antalya is, it's surrounded by walls from an old castle. The narrow streets and the old buildings harmonize well with the ancient ruins, the climbing plants and the palm trees….
Pebbled, walkways, narrow paths – you need to admire how the SUVs and trucks get round the narrow streets. Easy to walk around and can stop at any restaurants for a drink…. Not noisy and nice place for a relax holiday
Not as many old buildings as I thought but had a good time walking around the streets looking at old Ottoman houses, old doors and architecture, the old mosques that had been churches, and walking to Hadrians gate. In the evenings in the centre there is a fountain display which is worth waiting for.
Down the steps are the renovated…
Lots of lovely boats to view. U can wonder around or sit and have an icrecream or a beer. U can also book boat trips from the harbour.
Great bargains on ALL THE SHOPS.
The restaurants could be more organized.
we missed an indian or even a chinese/Thai restaurant
Great beach a short tram away from Kalechi – pebbly with clear waters. Plently of beach cafes to choose – beds and umberella are 10TL each which is the same anywhere. Some have loud party atmosheres if you are looking for that. We opted for the quiet chilled ones instead.
As I live now in Konyaalti near the beach can definitely review the beach ;))
It's stretched on a few kilometres where you can swim in every single part of it. Made by stones makes the walking into the sea
bit hard. You will need to get a local beach shoes that you can swim with. The sea is very…
Great place to wander around and shop, eat & drink. Shop keepers are a bit pushy though. The harbour is also very nice to wander around. Boat trips are about 20 Lira for 1 hour trip.